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2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max: Assemble Panorama
Related: 2019 iMac 5K, 2019 Mac Pro, 4K and 5K display, Apple MacBook Pro M2, Apple Silicon, CPU cores, iMac, iMac 5K, laptop, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Macs, panorama, Photoshop
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Consult with Lloyd, to design a complete system for photography or similar including backup and data safety
MPG tested the Apple 16.2" MacBook Pro with M2 Max Chip Z1740017Z, maxed-out excepting 4TB SSD.
Consult with Lloyd to design a complete system for photography or similar including backup and data safety.
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Panorama assembly in Photoshop consists of
and . The task uses CPU cores minimally, so the speed reflects the efficiency of a single CPU core.If below are out of date: view current Mac wishlist and all current OWC wishlists.
Results
Consists of: Auto Align Layers, Auto Blend Layers, Flatten Image, Image Size to 75%
Surprisingly, the 2019 iMac 5K wins out against the 2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max.
The M1 Max takes about the same as the M2 Max. Confidence is low because with every iteration, Photoshop eats up more and more memory, suggesting a memory leak that affects results—not possible to get a good test run.
The 2019 Mac Pro offers up a poor performance. From what I can tell in Activity Monitor, Photoshop puts all 28 CPU cores to use, but many cores are not accomplishing much.

2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max vs 2019 iMac 5K, 2019 Mac Pro
